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28Aug | 2012

My Studio: Escalating a graphic for a mural the old way

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . My studio . Tutorials | 21 Comments

A few weeks a go I finally finish one of the projects I dragged the most, why did it take me so long to tackle? I was hoping I could so it the “easy way” and ask someone for a projector so I could just print and trace my logo in my office wall. After weeks trying to see who had one, I decided not [...]

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31Jul | 2012

My Studio: Organizing drawers and awkward spaces with cardboard

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . My studio . Upcycle | 25 Comments

By now most of you already know that I love to use cardboard for pretty much everything I can think of =] so using it to organize my sewing room is not a surprice, but I still wanted to share because I know this can help someone else with problems similar to mine. This will not be a step-by-step tutorial just because my build-in is [...]

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25Jul | 2012

Nursery: Felt hot air ballon mobile – tutorial and pattern

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Nursery . Sewing . Tutorials | 61 Comments

Today I want to share one of my favorite pieces of the nursery we’re putting together for our baby Peanut =] A very colorful hot air ballon mobile made out of felt. I wanted to make the ballons as real as possible, and researched for ideas that were not so complicated to sew, because some designs are gorgeous but at a small scale can be [...]

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29Jun | 2012

Nursery: DIY Elephant lamp

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Nursery . Upcycle | 94 Comments

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw the little previews I did while I was working on this project. I am so happy to finally be done and be able to show all of you my labor of love =] This is my first Nursery project, a fully DIY Elephant lamp. When researching for inspiration for the nursery I found this amazing lamp [...]

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1Feb | 2012

HowJoyful business cards

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Design | 26 Comments

After the re-design of my blog a couple of months ago I knew I needed new business cards so as a part of my preparation for Alt Summit I decided to finally make them. I really wanted a handmade feel to them because that’s what my blog is all about, so printing cards was not really appealing to me in this case. I had so [...]

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